生活英語情景口語:在郵局
Grace: excuse me, could you tell me which line I’m supposed to stand in to buy bubble wrap and to post a package?
Alexander: you can buy the bubble wrap here, but you’ll have to stand in line over here to post your paskage.
G: that’s a really long line. How long do you think it’ll take to get through all those people?
A: it takes about 3 minutes per person, so it’ll probably be about an hour’s wait.
G: can I buy stamps here?
A: sure. How many would you like?
G: I need 30 for my Chrismas cards.
A: are you sending them abroad?
G: twenty of them are going abroad to China to America.
A: do you have any going anywhere in the EU? If you do, those are less expensive.
G: no.
A: ok, here you go. That will be 18 pounds and seventy two pence.
G: and the bubble wrap?
A: that’s another quid.
G: thanks a lot. You’ve been very helpful.
打擾一下,請問我要排哪條隊伍可以買到氣泡襯墊包裝紙，然後寄包裹？
你可以在這兒買氣泡襯墊包裝紙，但是要寄包裹的話得去那邊排隊。
那條隊可真長啊。你覺得我得需要多長時間？
每個人大概需要三分鐘左右，所以您得等一個小時。
郵票是在這兒買嗎？
沒錯。要買多少？
我要寄聖誕卡，大概需要三十張。
都是寄到國外去的嗎？
其中有20張是寄到中國和美國的。
有沒有寄到歐洲去的？如果沒有寄到那邊的，郵費沒那麼貴。
沒有。
好的，給你。一共是18英鎊72便士。
氣泡襯墊包裝紙是多少錢？
還要額外再加1英鎊。
非常感謝。你幫了不少忙。
以下列出在郵寄時需要的很實用的單詞
Post/send/mail 寄
Do you mind posting a letter for me?
你能幫我寄封信嗎?
Letter/mail 信
Signature 簽名
Petitions bearing nearly a half-million signatures were sent to the White House.
有將近五十萬人簽名的請願書被送到白宮。
Post/zip code 郵編
Overweight 超重
Envelope 信封
By ordinary mail/by surface mail 平郵
Parcel/package 包裹
This parcel came in the mail today.
這個包裹是今天郵來的。
Letter box 郵筒
注:letter box主要用於英式英語中,在美式英語中的對應表達是"mailbox".
Registered mail 掛號信
Write and let me know how you are getting on.
寫信告訴我你的近況.
get on: used to talk or ask about how well sb is doing in a particular situation(詢問某人)進展
Everything was getting on very well.
一切進行得很順利。
where would you like to send it?
你想往哪兒寄?
I wrote her several letters, but she never wrote back.
我給她寫了很多封信，可是她一封都沒回過。
Be sure to put down the address of the receiver clearly.
注意要把收件人寫清楚.
Put down就是”寫下”的意思,是正式用語.
Will you put down your address here?
把你的地址寫在這兒好嗎?
